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HELP QUICK! MONDAY. - It was, if I remember rightly, five o'clock when we were all signalled to be present at the Ferry Depot of the railroad...There was a babel of bewildered men, women, and children. The wretched little booking-office, and the baggage-room, which was not much larger, were crowded thick with emigrants, and were heavy and rank with the atmosphere of dripping clothes. Open carts full of bedding stood by the half-hour in the rain. The officials loaded each other with recriminations. A bearded, mildewed little man, whom I take to have been an emigrant agent, was all over the place, his mouth full of brimstone, blustering and interfering. It was plain that the whole system, if system there was, had utterly broken down under the strain of so many passengers.
(from ,begin underline,Across the Plains,end underline, by Robert Louis Stevenson)


Question

Which does "his mouth full of brimstone" ,begin emphasis,most likely,end emphasis, mean? 1.

The man had brimstone fillings in his teeth.


2.

The man spoke in an allegorical and elevated manner.


3.

The man spoke in a fiery and vulgar manner.


4.

The man had a sulphuric stench emanating from his mouth.

Answer 1

The statement "his mouth full of brimstone" begin emphasis,most likely,end emphasis, meant "The man spoke in a fiery and vulgar manner".

Meaning of fiery and vulgar

Fiery and vulgar are both adjectives meaning glowing, inflammable or being ignited and inappropriate, offensive, uncouth, mean respectively.

This means the bearded, mildewed little man spoke in an offensive and inappropriate manner. He spoke with so much fire in his eyes.

Therefore, the statement meant ""The man spoke in a fiery and vulgar manner".

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